Henri Sivonen wrote: > Well, it's known that the major studios require DRM. The exact line of > thought behind the requirement is less clear, since they don't need to > explain themselves. Do you have knowledge of studio thinking that > links streaming DRM and their business model? Nothing first hand. From UK places (being vague), my impression is that DRM is a general requirement from content creators. (Not just big studios, but standard TV production.) I would speculate that it is not particularly well understood by the people requiring it, but because the big studios require it everyone else feels they should. It is probably the sort of thing that gets cut and paste from one contract to the next. I wonder whether they even differentiate between files and streaming? The problem maybe that someone raises the point, and in a room of studio execs and lawyers, they simply say: no, DRM is required. -Alastair
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